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Dundrennan centre McDowall (pictured) , who had to make do with a place on the bench for Thursday night’s defeat to England, said: “This was a pressure game. And now we’ve got the win, the pressure is a bit off.

“We can really push on in this last game to get as high a finish as possible.“We talked about it during the week that we could get at them out wide because we’ve got a really dangerous back-three.

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“Kyle Rowe’s try in the second-half, following the burst in their twenty-two really finished them off. We knew we had momentum and then it was just about following our structure and playing in the right areas – which I think we did.”

Although Ireland had an 11 point advantage at one stage, Scotland led 24-17 at the interval and went on to dominate the second half.